Along Came A Spider…

– – If you are an arachnophobe, this tale is not for you! It seems that a woman went to China’s Changsa Central Hospital complaining of itching in the left side of her face.–Well, it turned out that the source of her irritation was a spider which had been residing inside the woman’s ear canal for five days! It had probably set up housekeeping. The picture shows the actual spider before its removal…

Doctors used a saline solution to flush the spider out in order to avoid having it bite the woman, or burrow deeper into her ear! Fortunately, the flushing technique was successful. Speculation was that the spider crept into the woman’s ear as she slept, brought in while her house was undergoing renovations. Spiders can be quite the opportunists…

Spiders and insects are appearing in greater numbers this summer due to the warm weather and drought conditions across much of the United States. As cold-blooded creatures, insects develop faster in heat conditions, producing more generations in a shorter time. The Orkin folks and other exterminators ought to be able to get some memorable commercials out of this one! And you thought the giant talking ants were creepy…